Section 1 - Prologue: Blessed is the time of those captivated by its sorrow.

Section 2 - On Physical Love and Its Strength: Love for you is like your own being, formed from water and clay.

Section 3 - On Spiritual Love: Like a love whose foundation is built on air.

Section 4 - A Tale on the Endurance of a True Lover: I heard once of a fervent lover...

Section 5 - A Tale on the Nature of Lovers: I heard a minstrel’s melody...

Section 6 - A Tale on the Overwhelming Power of Love: He had a beloved in Samarkand...

Section 7 - A Tale of Sacrifice in Love: A thirsty one spoke while surrendering his soul...

Section 8 - A Tale of Patience and Perseverance: Thus I have heard from the wayfarers...

Section 9 - A Tale: I heard of an old man who stayed awake one night...

Section 10 - A Tale: Someone in Nishapur once said...

Section 11 - A Tale on Patience for the Unbearable: A young bride lamented...

Section 12 - A Tale: A fairy-faced doctor lived in Marv...

Section 13 - A Tale on Love’s Domination over Reason: Someone prepared an iron claw...

Section 14 - A Tale on the Beloved’s Esteem: A union occurred between two cousins...

Section 15 - A Tale of Majnun and His True Love: Someone told Majnun, ‘O virtuous one...’

Section 16 - A Tale of Sultan Mahmud and Ayaz’s Character: Someone criticized the King of Ghazni...

Section 17 - A Tale: By chance, I and an old man from Faryab...

Section 18 - On the Annihilation of Beings Before the Creator: The path of reason is but a twist upon a twist...

Section 19 - A Tale of a Farmer in the Sultan’s Army: A village head and his son were on a journey...

Section 20 - A Tale: Someone praised Sa'd, the Zangi...

Section 21 - A Tale of a Wise Devout One: Someone like me gave their heart to someone...

Section 22 - On the Listening of Mystics and the Discourse of Truth and Falsehood: If you are a man of love, detach yourself...

Section 23 - A Tale: A sweet-lipped youth didn’t learn...

Section 24 - A Tale of the Moth and Its True Love: Someone told the moth, ‘O insignificant one...’

Section 25 - The Dialogue Between the Candle and the Moth: I recall a night when my eyes didn’t close...